FIBER MANUFACTURER T E X T I L E S & F A B R I C S • Provide a Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) calculation to align with ISO 14067:2018 and to help in meeting sustainability goals • Procure feedstock from renewable resources • Maintain comparative performance to conventional carbon black • Achieve color stability under xenon arc and TUV testing • Offer solutions for rPET, PP, PE, PBT, and PA6 where a desire for environmentally responsible products exists • Offered sustainable platform approach supported by extensive fiber expertise • Helped meet sustainability targets while attaining all design and engineering goals • Supplied necessary PCF calculation certified by TÜV Rheinland and aligning with ISO 14067 requirements • Provided effective alternative to virgin carbon black • Achieved reductions in CO2e emissions vs.

WALTER RIPPLE Vice President, Sustainability Walter Ripple is Vice President of Sustainability at Avient Corporation, an innovator of materials solutions that help customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world. Ripple began his current role in January 2019, leading corporate initiatives that help the company achieve critical sustainability and performance goals.

We use our unique, consultative approach to solve difficult design, engineering, and manufacturing challenges allowing customers, like you, to: • Simplify your product development process • Expand bandwidth and supplement internal resources • Accelerate speed to market • Differentiate products • Streamline and optimize production With global facilities and localized support to help you where you are, our experts serve as an extension of your product development team to take you from concept to marketplace with speed and rigor, using a full suite of end-to-end support services. Internal Testing Available • Physical • Rheological, thermal, and moisture analysis • Dielectric properties • Laser etching and welding • Microscopy • Liquid, gas, and size exclusion chromatography • Atomic, infrared, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy • Flammability • X-ray diffractometry • Weathering (QUV & Xenon Arc) • Failure analysis APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT Avient has design, application development and degreed plastics engineers available to give our customers reliable and experienced guidance to help navigate the development process. As inherent problem solvers, we help connect the dots between material, color, design, and manufacturing through a full suite of industrial, material, component, mold and process design capabilities.

We use our unique, consultative approach to solve difficult design, engineering, and manufacturing challenges allowing customers, like you, to: • Simplify your product development process • Expand bandwidth and supplement internal resources • Accelerate speed to market • Differentiate products • Streamline and optimize production With global facilities and localized support to help you where you are, our experts serve as an extension of your product development team to take you from concept to marketplace with speed and rigor, using a full suite of end-to-end support services. Internal Testing Available • Physical • Rheological, thermal, and moisture analysis • Microscopy • Liquid, gas, and size exclusion chromatography • Atomic, infrared, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy • Flammability • X-ray diffractometry • Weathering (QUV & Xenon Arc) • Failure analysis APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT Avient has design, application development and degreed plastics engineers available to give our customers reliable and experienced guidance to help navigate the development process. As inherent problem solvers, we help connect the dots between material, color, design, and manufacturing through a full suite of industrial, material, component, mold and process design capabilities.

Avient is here to help you meet your most challenging application requirements with the broadest portfolio of solutions, capabilities and resources available, and our focus is on helping you succeed. From material selection to technical support, we’re here to help you drive your product from concept to reality. Transportation, Building & Construction, Electrical & Electronics, Industrial, Wire & Cable High heat resistance Automotive approved grades Excellent compression set Flame resistant grades Excellent weatherability reSound™ OM Bio-based Thermoplastic Elastomers reSound™ OM TPEs are based on biopolymers derived from sugarcane utilizing 35 to 50 percent bio-renewable content Consumer, Transportation, Industrial Sustainably resourced Recycled content Bio derived content Strength and durability Impact resistance Pre-color solutions reSound™ R Recycled Thermoplastic Elastomers* reSound™ R VX post-industrial recycle (PIR) and post-consumer recycle (PCR) TPEs help brand owners create sustainable end- user products, with formulations utilizing 25 and 40 percent recycled content.

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SIMULATION SUPPORT Computer-aided engineering (CAE) allows us to accurately and efficiently understand a variety of assessments that help us guide your team through the design phase of a project to confidently dial in on a final design. CAE also helps us design for possible warp and deflection of the finished part. Our onsite technical support team is here to help with process development, mold design suggestions, material training, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.

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This can help simplify the overall decision-making process for brand owners and technical colorists and help shorten the time-to-launch of new product ranges. Sustainability experts from Avient will be on hand to help address recycling challenges in packaging, drawing on research conducted at Avient’s CycleWorks™ Innovation Center that focuses on mechanical recycling challenges and solutions.   To access Avient's news library online, please visit www.avient.com/news.    

Advanced liquid color dispersions: New collections of ColorMatrix™ liquid color concentrates help to enhance brand presence and deliver dynamic shelf impact. Specialty sheet and rollstock: PreservaPak™ high-barrier technologies help preserve product freshness and extend shelf life for packaged foods, and raise the performance of sterile medical device packaging. To access PolyOne’s news library online, please go to www.avient.com/news.